Caracas boxer

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Alex Mayora, 12, rests during a fight in an Olympics-style street boxing championships in the low-income neighborhood Petare in Caracas. "Boxeo Olimpico de Calle" (Olympic Boxing Street) is an initiative of several institutions of the Venezuelan government, which aims to keep children off gangs and drugs in an attempt to combat high crime rates in the Caribbean nation. The program seeks to promote values such as discipline and respect and show that a better future is possible in a country that has nurtured several boxing champions.

Alex Mayora, 12, rests during a fight in an Olympics-style street boxing championships in the low-income neighborhood Petare in Caracas. "Boxeo Olimpico de Calle" (Olympic Boxing Street) is an initiative of several institutions of the Venezuelan government, which aims to keep children off gangs and drugs in an attempt to combat high crime rates in the Caribbean nation. The program seeks to promote values such as discipline and respect and show that a better future is possible in a country that has nurtured several boxing champions. (Reuters photo)

Alex Mayora, 12, rests during a fight in an Olympics-style street boxing championships in the low-income neighborhood Petare in Caracas. "Boxeo Olimpico de Calle" (Olympic Boxing Street) is an initiative of several institutions of the Venezuelan government, which aims to keep children off gangs and drugs in an attempt to combat high crime rates in the Caribbean nation. The program seeks to promote values such as discipline and respect and show that a better future is possible in a country that has nurtured several boxing champions.